Public bug reported:
When developing using JNI ( either to start a JVM or to develop native
support files for classes ), you need to compile and link against
<jni.h> and libjvm.so.
The normal way for developers to do this on Linux systems is to use pkg-
config to get the required paths for --cflags and --libs and avoid
hardwiring paths into make and other build files.
However OpenJDK does not supply a pkg-config file, which is a shame as
it's a very simple file to add to the package.
I would make three observations in this regards :
1. In practical terms libraries should be the normal search path for
Linux libraries, so that they can be found by linkers ( ld ) without
complex configurations. Having the Java libraries in a completely
separate location is not ideal. However, failing the uatomatic
installation of a symbolic link in e.g. /usr/lib to the Java runtime
libraries, having them accessible via a standard mechanism like pkg-
config would be some help.
2. While a pkg-config would be a big help, without libraries being
installed on standard paths people distributing non-Java applications
that wish to start their own JVM have problems ensuring the application
will launch without knowledge of where on the system the Java runtime
libraries are. A symbolic link or similar to the Java libs would be
useful in it's own right
3. Any symbolic links should probably be made against /usr/lib/jvm
/default-path and not the canonical path to the files proper. This
allows more flexibility.
Thanks,
Stephen Geary
** Affects: openjdk-7 (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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A pkg-config file is need for OpenJDK distributions
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